Garment-pressing machine



May 4,1926.

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wvssi s Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT} OFFICE.

'ERANK E. BAKER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, .ASSIGNOR TO GH APIN SKELTON GOR- 1 IORATION, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application filed December 8, 1 924. Serial-1T0. 754,630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BAKER, a citizen of the United States of America, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Pressing Machines, of whichthe following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in garment pressing machines involving the use of cooperative pressing elements one of which is movable toward and from the other together with means for supplying steam to the garment for moistening and sterilizing purposes.

In machines of this character it is desira ble to remove the steam and moisture of condensation from the garment as soon as 3. Utilizing the ejector for suction purposes for withdrawing steam and moisture from the garment. 1

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in the description. v

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sight elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of a garment pressing machine showing my im proved valve mechanism operatively mounted thereon. I

- Figure 2 is'a tep plan, partly in section of l the detached buck showing a portion of the heating chamber and steam passages leading thereto a nd therefromr I Figure?) is an enlarged longitudinal, vertical sectional view of the detached valve mechanism for controlling the application possible after the moistening and pressing 'tnd withdrawal -of the steam to and from operation to not only reduce the escape of steam into the room in which the machine is located but also to effect a quick drying and cooling of the steamed and pressed garment and to be able to produce a more effective and permanent shaping of-the garment following the steamingand pressingoperations.

I am aware that certain devices have heretofore been proposed for removing the steam from the garment following the steaming and pressing operation but in all such devices with which I am familiar it has been necessary to employ two or more controlling. v-alves, one for the admission of steam to the garment and the other for controlling the suction for withdrawing steam and moisture from the garment.

The main object of this invention is to control the passage of steam to the garment and the withdrawal f the steam and moisture from the garment by one and the same valve, another object to utilize a portion of this valve as a part of an ejector for receiving steam from the same source of supply as that used for moistcning purposes for producing the desired suction for withdrawing the steam and moisture from the garment. In other words, I have sought to produce three effects or results through the use of a single valve viz.,

1. Controlling the supply of steam to the garment,

2. Utilizing a portion of the valve as an ejector, and

the garment.

-Figure 4 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical sectional view of the s'amev alve taken in the plane of line 4-4, Figure 5.

Figure 5 is .a horizontal sectional View taken in the plane of line5-5, Figure 3.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood I have shown a pedestal;-1

adapted to be mounted upon a floor or other suitable support for receiving-and supporting at its upper end a rock arm -2-- anymg at its front end a press head 3- hich is movable toward and from an underlying buck 4, said buckbeing mounted upon a bracket -5' forming apart of the main supporting frame or pedestal --1.

The buck 4 is provided with a heating chamber -6 extending entirely around its marginal edge from opposite sides of a partition -7 which preferably is located some distance from the ends of the buck to cause I the live steam to'pass from end to'end of the channel or chamber, one end of the channel being connected to a steam inlet 8 while the other end is connected to an outlet passage 9, said passages 8 and 9 being located at opposite sides of the partitlon .7.

' The inlet 8- may be connected to any source of steam supply a while the outlet' openings 11 in the upper face thereof for supplying steam to the garment for -moistening and sterilizing purposes.

' The steam distributing chamber -10- 15 connected by a pipe 12 to a valve case 13 which in turn is supported by a suitable bracket 14 uponthe main frame ldirectly below the buck 4. The valve case 13 is preferably composed of two sections 1 5 and 16- firmly bolted together face to face by clamping screws -17- to form a steam tight joint between them. j

The section -15 is provided with two ports 1S and -19 in vertically spaced relation, .the port l8 being connected to the steam pipe 12-, while the port 19 is connected to a waste pipe -20- leading to the exterior efthe building or to a suitable soil pipe, not shown. The section +16 is provided with a steam chamber "-'"-2l having an inlet port -22 adapted to be connected-by 'a'pipe 23 to any available source of steam supply, said chamber 21 being elongated vertically and extended some distance beyond the ports 18 and 19 for receiving a slide valve 2t which is spring pressed against the flat inner face of the section 15- by bovi springs -25-- to form asteam tight joint therewith and is 'provided with a pair of ports 26 and -27 in vertically spaced relation corresponding to the distance between the ports l8 and 19-- with which they are adapted to register respectively when the valve is adjusted to its suction producing position. The slide valve 24 is also provided with'a passage 28- connecting the ports -26 and -27.

The ortion of the valve 24 at the in: ner si e of the passage 28 is provided with a nozzle 29 extending into, but of less diameter than the port 27 so as to leave a greater open space between said nozzle and walls of the port -27, said nozzle,

being provided with a restricted steam passage 30 therethrough in communication with the steam chamber 2l for receiving steam therefrom and discharging said steam into the port- ,19 agd waste pipe 20 when the nozzle is registered with the port 19.

The distance between the ports -26 and 27 is substantially equal to the distance between the ports 18-- and 19- and greater than the distance between the upper port 26 and upper end of the valve so as to permit the ports 26 and 27 to be closed by the, adjacent section 15 -when the valve 'is moved downwardly a sufficient distance to expose the-port 18- to the steam chamber 21+ above the upper endfof the valve for admitting steam from said chamber to the port 18 and thence through the pipe -l2 to the distributing chamber 10 of the buck 4 for. moistening the garment which may be interposed therefrom across and beyond the upper end of the rod 31 to which it is connected by a bolt -36 passing through an elongated slot -87 in said lever, the front end of the lever being provided with a suitable -handle 38 within convenient distance of the operator and the buck 4.

Operation.

When it is desired to introduce steam into the garment under pressure between the pressing elements the valve 24 will be adjusted downwardly to the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 3 by simply depreferably directly below i pressing the hand lever 34 from a positionshown by full lines to the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 until the upper end of the valve -2l registers with -21 and thence over the top of the valve-H.

through the port 418 and upwardly through the conduit l2 to the distributing chamber 10 ofthe buck 4 which in turn enables the steam to escape through the passage -11 to the garment on the buck.

As soon as the steaming and pressing oper- 30, port 3l and pipe 12 andalso in the distributing chamber 1O con .nected to said pipe, the suction thus pro duced serving to withdraw the steam and moisturefrom the garment for drying the same almost instantly upon the creation of the suction. I

Under this construction it is evident that the single valve 24t serves the triple purpose of controlling the supply of steam to -receiving stea the garment, creating a suction in the pas sages leading to the distributing chamber of the buck and Withdrawing the moisturefrom the previously steamed and pressed garment, and While I have shown the valve case and valve as arranged in an uprightiposit-ion or .vertical position as the most direct means for connection. With the buck it is evident that the position of the valve case and con struction of the valve may be varied'without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What 'I claim is 1- i 1. In a garment pressing machine, a valve chamber l1aving,a steam inlet and separate ports, one of said-ports being an exhaust? port, the other port admitting steam to and receiving steam and moisture from the garment, and-a valve adjustable to one position r31- elosing the exhaust port and opening the otherport to permit the passage of steam to the garment, and to another position for connecting both ports, said valve having means for admitting steam from the valve chamber through the exhaust port Whenthe valve isin the second named position.

2. In a garment pressing machine, a valve chamber having a steam inlet and separate ports, one of said ports being an exhaust port, the othe il'fiport admittmg steam to and and moisture, fromthe garment, a'nd a valve adjustable to one position for closing both of said ports, to another mitting steam from the valve chamber to the exhaust port when the valve is adjusted to the third named position for withdrawing the steam and moisture from the garment.

3. In a garment pressing machine a device for controlling the supply of moisture to and Withdrawing it from the garment,

comprising a valve chamber having an exhaust port and an additional port through which the moisture is supplied and with drawn to and from the garment, means for admitting steam to the valve chamber, and a' valve slidable insaid chamber and adjustable to one position for closing the exhaust port and opening the other port, "and to another position for connecting both ports,

said valve having a' steam jet communicating with the steam chamber and discharging directly into the exhaust port when the valve is adjusted to the second named position.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my. hand this 1st day of December 1924.

FRANK n. BAKER, 

